Paracetamol - is it a standard in your house?

[Mum2jenny]

I’ve just had my adult daughter here and I do not use paracetamol as it just isn’t my thing, I prefer ibuprofen.
What standard painkillers do the rest of you use and keep in your house?
I do keep baby paracetamol, but not adult doses.

Paracetamol and ibuprofen. I keep the paracetamol because I find it very good for bringing my temperature down if I’m feverish.

Prefer Disprin,

In addition to my prescriptions I generally keep a small laundry list of over the counter medications just in case for cold and flu, tummy wobbles, allergies etc. I take naproxen routinely so can't have ibuprofen so don't have any in the house but keep stocked on paracetamol.

We normally have plenty of paracetamol and a couple of packets of 200mg ibuprofen tablets. I used to prefer aspirin, but it doesn't take much to give me tinnitus as a side effect and I avoid taking it now.

Always have it but very seldom use it.

Anadin extra and ibuprofen.

The only time I ever really use painkillers is for my period pain, and I tend to find ibuprofen is more effective for that, so I have more of that in. Sometimes I’ll rotate through ibuprofen and paracetamol to manage the pain if it’s a particularly bad period, and I would typically reach for paracetamol for a headache but that’s quite rare.

Both - paracetamol for headaches, cold symptoms, temperatures and similar, ibuprofen for anything inflammatory/aches/cramps/sprains etc.

Ibuprofen is not great for the stomach.

I was an ibuprofen for everything person before I started working in a first aid role. Now I use it a lot less.

I get daily headaches but rarely take painkillers. I do have paracetamol in the house though. I can't take ibuprofen.

yes I find paracetamol doesn't work for me either no idea why. I always have it in for the dc though. I find ibuprofen works better for me. but if im in a lot of pain I take
co-codamol, always have a box of them in for emergencies.

Paracetamol is standard here - I can’t take brufen anymore unfortunately and DH can’t either due to his asthma, sure there is a random packet thoug! We always have a stock of infant paracetamol and brufen in just in case

well i buy from costco; tylenol extra strength arthritis, ibuprophen, melatonin, mira-lax, nyquil, saline eye gtts, cough drops and aloe vera gel. i'm all out of polysporin.
a good selection of bandages a well

my go to for discomfort is two tylenol es mainly for headache and sleeplessness (which i often find it due to a headache).

I have both in the house but ibuprofen is my preference. But if I'm really ill I take both!

Paracetamol is the go-to in my house, particularly for straight-forward pain.

Ibuprofen is for either an inflammation or if paracetamol on its own really hasn’t worked. I’m not a fan of ibuprofen though as it’s so harsh on the stomach, and dd16 is asthmatic, so it’s not brilliant for her either.

Paracetamol before ibuprofen.. but for headaches anadin extra is my go to.

Anadin Extra which contains aspirin, paracetamol and caffeine.

We have paracetamol, ibuprofen and cocodamol (8/500) as standard. I get horrible headaches at times so I take both paracetamol and ibuprofen to sort it out.

Sometimes we might even have some naproxen curtosey of my husband's back.

I do t use either a lot but I always have paracetamol and ibuprofen in the house.

Also have plasters, blister plasters, anti acid of some sort and savlon as dh has some weird from child obsession with savlon. & needs it around. Used to always have cystitis satchets too but that has stopped on the last few years.

To me they are just normal first aid stuff.

Prior to long covid, would just have some paracetamol and ibuprofen in - adults and kids versions. Now there’s lots of stuff.

My boyfriend is American and we are over there a bit.. I keep tubs of Excedrin everywhere. You can get 300 at a time!

Same here! Chronic illness will do that to you, I could stock a pharmacy!

None here, as I find it completely useless for any kind of pain. Never understand why people take it, TBH.

I mostly take it for side effects from a medication - it gives me a really high temperature and it helps for that

We keep both. One of us sometimes prefers one type and the other isn't supposed to use that one. Besides, I like having options and alternating.

We have both, they are not interchangeable as they do different things.